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Shortlists announced

The shortlists for the 2020 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards are available on the SJA website, please see links below. Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to those that have made the shortlist, the awards were immensely competitive this year with 750 entries across written, broadcast and photography categories. Another thank you to the competition judges who deliberated over 1869 pictures, 825 articles and 44 hours of broadcast material between them.

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WHAT ARE THE SJA BRITISH SPORTS JOURNALISM AWARDS?

The SJA British Sports Journalism Awards celebrate excellence among the country's sports writers, photographers, broadcasters and editors, whether staff or freelance, working for nationals, regionals, daily or weekly newspapers, as well as specialist sports magazines, news agencies and websites.

The results – including the Sports Writer of the Year, the Sports Photographer of the Year, Sports Network and the Sports Newspaper of the Year – will be announced at a virtual ceremony taking place on the evening of Monday 15 March 2021.

There are over 30 categories to enter across written, broadcast and photographic sports journalism. All entries must be submitted via the online entry system. See below for more details.

The SJA British Sports Journalism Awards will be judged by panels of some of the best-known and most experienced figures in our business. We will publish a full list of the judging panels ahead of the awards presentation.

WRITTEN

There are 13 written categories including Sports Newspaper, Digital Sports Publisher, Football Journalist and Young Sports Journalist.

For detailed category descriptions, competition rules and information on how to enter please click below.

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BROADCAST

There are 12 broadcast categories including Sports Network, Sports Pundit, Live Event, Documentary and the Ones to Watch categories.

For detailed category descriptions, competition rules and information on how to enter please click below.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

There are 7 photography categories including Sports Picture, Canon Sports Portfolio, Specialist Sports Portfolio and Young Sports Photographer.

For detailed category descriptions, competition rules and information on how to enter please click below.

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The Awards....

It is unlikely we will be able to host the normal gala awards evening at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. Therefore the awards are scheduled to be announced via a virtual ceremony hosted by Jim Rosenthal.

The ceremony will take place on Monday 15 March at a time to be confirmed and will of course be free to access. Whether the attire, food quality and alcohol consumption is up to the usual standards is up to you.

More information will be revealed in the build-up to the event.